BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2026//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2026 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T065300 UID:euroseas-2026-theorizing-modernization-and-development-from-the-margins-local-and-peripheral-ized-knowledge-in-southeast-asia-1 SUMMARY:Theorizing Modernization and Development from the Margins: Local and Peripheral(ized) Knowledge in Southeast Asia (1) LOCATION:Classroom NT-159 DESCRIPTION:This panel explores how local and peripheral(ized) actors acros s Southeast Asia have generated distinct knowledge systems and conceptual f rameworks in relation to themes such as modernity, urbanization, religion, and development. It challenges dominant models that conflate modernization with centralized state planning and top-down development and instead emphas izes alternative pathways shaped by the everyday experiences, epistemologie s, and innovations of those often positioned at the margins such as rural c ommunities, ethnic minorities, indigenous groups, and non-elite actors. Far from being passive recipients of externally imposed knowledge, these commu nities have actively reimagined and reshaped modernization by integrating l ocal customs, religious practices, and social norms with state-driven initi atives, resulting in hybrid forms of modernity. The panel also foregrounds the role of local religious movements and indigenous knowledge systems in a rticulating culturally embedded visions of progress. Collectively, the pape rs argue for reclaiming theory from the ground up and show how Southeast As ia’s peripheries are not passive recipients of modernization but are active contributors to its meaning. In doing so, the panel contributes to broader efforts to provincialize global theory and center the vernacular in develo pment discourses. URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/theorizing-modernization-and-development-from-the-margins-local-and-peripheral-ized-knowledge-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T183000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T065300 UID:euroseas-2026-theorizing-modernization-and-development-from-the-margins-local-and-peripheral-ized-knowledge-in-southeast-asia-2 SUMMARY:Theorizing Modernization and Development from the Margins: Local and Peripheral(ized) Knowledge in Southeast Asia (2) LOCATION:Classroom NT-159 DESCRIPTION:This panel explores how local and peripheral(ized) actors acros s Southeast Asia have generated distinct knowledge systems and conceptual f rameworks in relation to themes such as modernity, urbanization, religion, and development. It challenges dominant models that conflate modernization with centralized state planning and top-down development and instead emphas izes alternative pathways shaped by the everyday experiences, epistemologie s, and innovations of those often positioned at the margins such as rural c ommunities, ethnic minorities, indigenous groups, and non-elite actors. Far from being passive recipients of externally imposed knowledge, these commu nities have actively reimagined and reshaped modernization by integrating l ocal customs, religious practices, and social norms with state-driven initi atives, resulting in hybrid forms of modernity. The panel also foregrounds the role of local religious movements and indigenous knowledge systems in a rticulating culturally embedded visions of progress. Collectively, the pape rs argue for reclaiming theory from the ground up and show how Southeast As ia’s peripheries are not passive recipients of modernization but are active contributors to its meaning. In doing so, the panel contributes to broader efforts to provincialize global theory and center the vernacular in develo pment discourses. URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/theorizing-modernization-and-development-from-the-margins-local-and-peripheral-ized-knowledge-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T200000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR